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modacrylic fiber
[ mod-uh-kril-ik fahy-ber, mod- ]
noun
- any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of modacrylic fiber1
1955–60; mod(ified) ( def ) + acrylic
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